We talked about this earlier, Japan takes accessibility for handicaped people very seriously when it builds its buildings and roads. One of the most important symbols is the yellow line : much like the yellow brick road, blind people can follow this bumpy line across almost all the roads making it safe and easy for them to get around in town.

At the top and bottom of every stairway you will find this same sets of dots on the ground. We also noticed that a lot of things are translated into braille, on food or on elevators, which are often associated to text-to-speech systems.